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Population (year 2000): 703. Estimated
population in July 2005: 643 (-8.5% change)
Males: 333 (47.4%), Females: 370 (52.6%)
Chouteau County
Zip code:
59520
Median resident age: 47.7 years
Median household income: $28,523 (year 2000)
Median house value: $52,600 (year 2000)
Races in Big Sandy:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
- American Indian (3.6%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (31.4%), Norwegian (16.8%),
English (10.8%), Irish (10.4%), French (7.5%), Swedish (7.0%).
Elevation: 2712 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Big Sandy
- High school or higher: 81.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Big Sandy town
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 58.0%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 12.2%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -40 (-5.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Big Sandy:
- BIG SANDY MEDICAL CENTER - CAH (3 MONTANA AVE
PO BOX 530)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Big Sandy:
- NORTHERN MONTANA HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; HAVRE,
MT)
- MISSOURI RIVER MEDICAL CENTER - CAH (about 44 miles;
FORT BENTON, MT)
- LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 66 miles; CHESTER,
MT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Big
Sandy:
- GREAT FALLS INTL (about 100 miles; GREAT FALLS, MT;
ID: GTF)
- HELENA REGIONAL (about 168 miles; HELENA, MT; ID:
HLN)
- GALLATIN FIELD (about 181 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; ID:
BZN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Big Sandy:
- BIG SANDY (about 3 miles; BIG SANDY, MT; ID: 3U8)
- HAVRE CITY-COUNTY (about 36 miles; HAVRE, MT; ID:
HVR)
- GERALDINE (about 42 miles; GERALDINE, MT; ID: 5U8)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Big Sandy:
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 184 miles;
BOZEMAN, MT; Full-time enrollment: 10,380)
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 202 miles;
BILLINGS, MT; FT enrollment: 3,105)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-MISSOULA (about 282 miles;
MISSOULA, MT; FT enrollment: 11,112)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 322 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 410 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- CASPER COLLEGE (about 449 miles; CASPER, WY; FT
enrollment: 2,564)
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 463 miles; COEUR D'ALENE,
ID; FT enrollment: 2,988)
Public high school in Big Sandy:
- BIG SANDY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 70;
Location: PIONEER TRAIL; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Big Sandy:
- F E MILEY SCHOOL (Students: 78; Location: 342
VERNON AVE; Grades: PK - 06)
- BIG SANDY 7-8 (Students: 32; Location:
PIONEER TRAIL; Grades: 07 - 08)
- WARRICK SCHOOL (Students: 2; Location:
WARRICK ROAD; Grades: PK - 08)
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